Good sense, kindness of heart and a proper self-respect are the elements of the best manners.Edwards.

Culture and good manners are everywhere the passport to regard.

The manner of saying or doing anything goes a great way in the value of the thing itself.

Good manners and good morals are sworn friends.

Pride, ill nature and want of sense are the three great sources of ill manners.-Swift.

We can not always oblige, but we can always speak obligingly.-Voltaire.

One of the most important rules as to manners is, for the most part, to be silent as to yourself. Say little or nothing about yourself; nothing good, for that is vanity; nothing bad, for that is affectation; nothing indifferent for that is silly.

A well bred person is always sociable, self-possessed and kind.-Montaigne.

Hail ye small sweet courtesies of life, for smooth do ye make the road of it; 'tis ye who open the door and let the stranger in.-Sterns.

There is but one road to success, and that is hard labor; and a man who will not pay that price for distinction will never make his mark in the world.-Sydney Smith.

Nothing is impossible for the man who can will, and then do; work is the only law of success.— Mirabeau.

Be just and fear not; let all the ends thou aimest at be thy country's, thy God's, and truth.— Shakespeare.

Let our object be our country, our whole country, and nothing but our country. And, by the blessing of God may that country itself become a vast and splendid monument, not of oppression and terror, but of wisdom and peace, and of liberty

upon which the world may gaze with admiration forever.-Daniel Webster.

I do love my country's good with a respect more tender, more holy than mine own life.-Shakespeare.

Regard

Let your love be perfectly sincere. with horror what is evil; cling to what is right. As for brotherly love, be affectionate to one another; in matters of worldly honor, yield to one another. Do not be indolent when zeal is required. Be warm-hearted, full of joyful hope, patient and earnest, praying always. Always practice hospitality. Invoke blessings on your enemies-blessings not curses. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Have full sympathy with one another. Do not be wise in your own conceit. Pay back no man evil for evil. If you can, so far as it depends on you, live at peace with all the world. If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink. Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good.-Bible.

THE LUCKY LOAF

One evening a poor man and his son, a little boy, sat by the wayside near the gate of an old town in Germany. The father took out a loaf of bread which he had bought in the town and, breaking it, gave half to the boy.

"Not so, father," said the boy; "I shall not eat until after you. You have been working hard all day, and must be very hungry. I shall wait until you are done."

"You speak kindly, my son. Your love for me does me more good than my food; and those eyes of yours remind me of your mother's. When she left me she told you to love me as she used to do; and, indeed, my boy, you have been a great comfort and strength to me. And now that I have eaten the first morsel to please you, it is your turn to eat."

"Thank you, father; but break this piece in two, and take you a little more, for you see the loaf is small, and you require much more than I do.”

"I shall divide the loaf for you, my boy, but eat it I shall not. I have enough; and let us thank God for His great goodness in giving us food, and for

giving us what is better still-cheerful and contented hearts."

The father and son thanked God for the food and then began to cut the loaf in pieces. But as they cut into the loaf there fell out several pieces of gold of great value. The little boy gave a great shout of joy, and was springing forward to pick up the unexpected treasure, when he was pulled back by his father.

"My son, my son!" he cried, "do not touch that money; it is not ours."

"But whose is it, father, if it is not ours?"

"I know not, as yet, whose it is; but probably it was put there by the baker, through mistake. We must inquire. Run and bring the baker here."

"But, father, you are poor and needy, and you bought the loaf, and the baker may tell a lie to get the gold, and-

"I will not listen to you, my boy. I bought the loaf, but I did not buy the gold in it. If the baker sold it to me in ignorance, I shall not be so dishonest as to take advantage of him. Remember Him who told us to do to others as we would have others do to us. The baker may perhaps cheat us. I am very poor, indeed, but that is no sin. We may